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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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